اردیبهشت

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اردی‌بهشت (ordi-behešt)
  • اردبهشت (ardbehešt)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (Ardwahišt), “right”; name of the second Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Compare ارد (ard, “truth”) and بهشت (bihišt / behešt, “heaven”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪iː.be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊɾ.d̪iː.bɪɪ́ʃt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪i.biíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ardībihišt, urdībihišt
Dari reading? urdībehišt
Iranian reading? ordibehešt
Tajik reading? urdibihišt

Proper noun

اردیبهشت • (urdībihišt / ordibehešt) (Tajik spelling урдибиҳишт)

  1. Ordibehesht (the second solar month of the Persian calendar)
  2. Name of the third day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

Coordinate terms

Persian monthsedit

See also

References

  • “Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary, اردی‌بهشت”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 30 July 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 February 2015
  • Lambton, Ann K. S. (1954), Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press., page 7
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